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Charity Inaugural Ball Committee, 2/5/29 – Antique Photo Print

Charity Inaugural Ball Committee, 2/5/29, [19]29 February 5. — historic photograph
Charity Inaugural Ball Committee, 2/5/29, [19]29 February 5.. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Charity Inaugural Ball Committee, 2/5/29, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Charity Inaugural Ball Committee, 2/5/29

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This glass negative, dated February 5, 1929, records a committee formed to raise money for charity through an inaugural ball, a social event tied to the presidential inauguration in Washington that year. The date falls about a month before Herbert Hoover took office on March 4, so the picture captures the planning stage rather than the celebration itself. It comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the city's public and social life in the early twentieth century. The title is based on data written on the negative or its sleeve and has not been independently verified. Faint streaks and blemishes from the aging of the original coating are visible on the glass.

Created / published[19]29 February 5.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,258 × 4,239 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-246395

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